corbi328
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I am a big fan of free agent OL Kelechi Osemele from the Ravens but acknowledge that he will likely be a very expensive free agent option. Given Pace's inclination to spread his free agency money around to multiple positions and considering that we will likely be targeting the defensive free agents from the Broncos like Trevathan and Jackson, I think the Bears should look hard at free agent OL Jeff Allen from the Chiefs as an alternative. The guy is a Chicago native who was drafted by the Chiefs in the second round 4 years ago. He is only 26 and has had some injury history but when he has played, many thought that he was the best OL on the Chiefs. Like Osemele, he has positional flexibility as he started at Tackle and guard for the Chiefs but his best position is guard. Walter Football ranks Allen as the 30 best free agent available and the 7th best OL available in free agency. Lastly, the Chiefs, like the Broncos, have a boat load of free agents to sign and are unlikely to be able to keep all of them. In interviews that he has given, Allen sounds like he is prepared to leave the Chiefs. Coming back home to Chicago and helping the Bears march back to the Super Bowl as their starting RG would likely sound very appealing to him. My guess is that a 5 year $22.5 mm contract gets it done. I am pasting below a short blurb about Allen that I found in a KC paper.
G Jeff Allen: Allen, 26, brought experience and nastiness to the offensive line. It’s not a coincidence the Chiefs went 11-1 once he returned to the starting lineup after a preseason knee injury. The Chiefs’ regime has shown a tendency to let offensive linemen walk — guards Jon Asamoah and Geoff Schwartz both left via free-agency in 2014 — but Corry isn’t sure history will repeat itself. “I don’t think they can afford to make the same mistake they did a couple of years ago when they let both guards leave,” said Corry, who could see Allen commanding a multiyear deal worth $4 million per year.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article56257640.html#storylink=cpy
G Jeff Allen: Allen, 26, brought experience and nastiness to the offensive line. It’s not a coincidence the Chiefs went 11-1 once he returned to the starting lineup after a preseason knee injury. The Chiefs’ regime has shown a tendency to let offensive linemen walk — guards Jon Asamoah and Geoff Schwartz both left via free-agency in 2014 — but Corry isn’t sure history will repeat itself. “I don’t think they can afford to make the same mistake they did a couple of years ago when they let both guards leave,” said Corry, who could see Allen commanding a multiyear deal worth $4 million per year.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article56257640.html#storylink=cpy